Kingdoms in The Dark

Hawkins, Indiana, 1983.

In this quiet town, magic is real, but it doesn't come from ancient spells-it comes from the monsters lurking in the shadows, the dice you roll, and the brutal, burning love you didn't see coming.

She was the fire. He was the fuse.

Amani Sinclair is a mystery wrapped in a leather jacket. Fearless, brilliant, and completely alone, she lives by one rule: don't get close.

But when she finds Mike Wheeler-the sensitive, D&D-obsessed dungeon master-in the crosshairs of a bully, Amani breaks her own rule. She steps in, shields him, and in the silence of that moment, an impossible spark ignites.

Now, Amani is part of the inner circle. The chessboard is set, and the tension between her and Mike is a live wire-a pull so intense it threatens to derail their entire world.

Yet, as Amani teaches the boys how to fight in the real world, the darkness of the Upside Down bleeds through the seams of Hawkins. When a mysterious girl named Eleven arrives, their perfect, precarious kingdom is thrown into chaos.

Loyalties will be torn. Hearts will be shattered. And Amani will discover that she isn't just protecting a boy... she's fighting a war that requires more than luck.

Every choice in Hawkins has a devastating cost. Can their fragile, forbidden love survive a battle where the dice are loaded, and even the bravest heroes are destined to fall?